The tweets were posted by fake accounts who spammed Twitter with pro-Trump and anti-Clinton propaganda. This essentially made Trump look far more popular than Clinton, which theoretically could have swayed undecided voters with the opinion: “If everyone else is supporting Trump, why shouldn’t I?”

That incident was a good example of how powerful social media can be. But there has been another story arise this week that backs up my point.

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